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Sour Patch Kids Land in the UK With a Cheeky VCCP Debut
American sweet brand Sour Patch Kids, sold under Maynards, has launched in the UK with its first campaign from VCCP, leaning into mischief with an Oreo billboard stunt and a TV debut.
Oct 92 min read


How to Advertise on TikTok in the UK: A Small Business Guide
How to advertise on TikTok in the UK: budgets, In-Feed and Spark Ads, Smart+ AI campaigns, UK costs and the ASA rules — a practical 2026 guide for small businesses.
Sep 175 min read


Channel 4 Sales Poaches Paramount's £300m UK Ad Business From Sky
Channel 4 Sales will become Paramount's exclusive UK ad sales partner from 2027, taking Channel 5, MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon inventory away from Sky in a deal worth more than £300m.
Sep 163 min read


Bank Switching Gets a Gen Z Glow-Up in the Current Account Switch Service's New Push
Pay.UK's Current Account Switch Service is targeting Gen Z with a Wonderhood Studios campaign fronted by singer Nova May, giving bank switching a music-video makeover.
Sep 153 min read


Hargreaves Lansdown Calls Out 'Inactive Banks' in Its Biggest Savings Push
Hargreaves Lansdown has launched its biggest savings campaign to date, urging people not to tolerate 'inactive banks' that leave cash earning poor returns.
Sep 153 min read


Vodafone Sells 'SuperMobile' Like an Action Blockbuster in VodafoneThree's First Big Push
VodafoneThree's first big post-merger campaign sells premium tier 'SuperMobile' with cinematic, Roman Kemp-fronted craft — and a pricing lesson for anyone selling a premium upgrade.
Sep 73 min read


The Collective Launches Its First-Ever TV Ad, 'The Dairy Shaker-Uppers'
Premium yoghurt brand The Collective is going national with its debut masterbrand TV campaign via Bountiful Cow, concentrating spend on Channel 4, Meta and YouTube.
Sep 30 min read


Mr Porky Becomes ITV's Football Sponsor With 'Scratch Day Analysis'
Pork-scratchings brand Mr Porky has signed a season-long sponsorship of ITV's 2026/27 football coverage, spoofing punditry through one fan's match-day snacking.
Aug 253 min read


Channel 4 Makes Social Awkwardness the Real Survival Threat
Channel 4 and in-house agency 4Creative launch survival series 'Apocalypse' with three darkly comic films arguing modern humans are too awkward to survive.
Aug 253 min read


Three Bets on an Inflatable Chicken to 'Let Fun In'
Three UK has retired "Life Needs A Big Network" for "Let Fun In," a culture-first platform fronted by a viral inflatable-chicken figure skater — a bet that entertainment now sells telecoms.
Aug 253 min read


Paddy Power Kicks Off the Season With Danny Dyer in ‘Why The Football Not?’
Paddy Power has launched ‘Why The Football Not?’, a new BBH London brand platform starring Danny Dyer and Peter Crouch, timed to the new football season.
Aug 213 min read


CMA Opens 'Drip Pricing' Probe into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and RED Driving School
The Competition and Markets Authority has opened formal 'drip pricing' investigations into three household names — its first big enforcement push under the DMCC Act, and a warning to every UK advertiser using 'from' pricing.
Aug 213 min read


Virgin Atlantic Holidays Finds Its Own Voice Again With ‘If Not Now, When?’
Virgin Atlantic Holidays’ ‘If not now, when?’ by Lucky Generals trades postcard clichés for the moment before you book — its first standalone brand voice in about eight years.
Aug 203 min read


The RAF Regiment Reframes Monday Mornings to Recruit Gen Z
The RAF Regiment’s ‘What Does Your Monday Look Like?’ by Wonderhood uses GoPro-shot footage and Monday-only media buying to reach 16-to-24-year-olds.
Aug 203 min read


The AA Rescues a Hamster Called Pinky in an Emotional New Spot From The Gate
The AA’s ‘It’s OK, I’m with The AA’ from The Gate races a sick hamster to the vet — a deliberate pivot from rescuing cars to looking after people.
Aug 203 min read


iD Mobile builds 'Mugsville' with a deadpan Diane Morgan
iD Mobile's 'Mugsville', narrated by Diane Morgan via Trouble Maker, turns the cost-of-living squeeze into comedy — and names the mobile category's villain.
Aug 183 min read


Three's 'Let Fun In' is VodafoneThree's first big brand reset
Three's 'Let Fun In', by Wonderhood Studios, is VodafoneThree's first big brand reset — and a bet that Gen Z distinctiveness beats safe, post-merger category messaging.
Aug 183 min read


Rennie's 'Stop the Blame Game': McCann London turns trapped wind into comedy
Bayer's Rennie leans into Britain's oldest social fib — blaming the dog — in a cheeky three-month campaign from McCann London built around its new Wind Relief Pro product.
Aug 143 min read


AMV BBDO promotes Nick Andrew to managing director
AMV BBDO has promoted Nick Andrew to managing director, a leadership move at one of the UK's most decorated creative agencies.
Aug 132 min read


Britain's £17.9bn Golden Quarter just got tougher to win
New Epsilon research forecasts £17.9bn of UK consumer spend across Black Friday and the Christmas sales — but nearly three-quarters of shoppers plan to cut back on non-essentials.
Aug 132 min read
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